Swinging gate



' (No Model.)

J. L. TALSON.

SWINGING GATE.

No. 352,016.. Patentefl Novpz, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. TALSON, OF PETERSBURG, INDIANA.

swmeme GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,016, dated November2, 1886.

Application filed June 17, 1886. Serial No. 205,475. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES L. TALSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Pike and State ofIndiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in SwingingGates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in swinginggates, the ob ject of my improvement being to provide a means wherebythe gate can be opened or closed from a vehicle; and my inventionconsists more especially in the construction and combination of theparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointedout in the claims.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of a gate constructed inaccordance with my improvement.

In said drawing, A refers to a vertical post, which may be the last postof a section of fence, said post having rigidly attached thereto ahorizontally-projecting block, B, to which the post 0 is pivoted, thelower end of said post bearing upon and projecting into a suitable blockor support, 0, which is planted in the ground on a line with the blockB. The pivoted post 0 is centrally slotted, as shown at c, and the railsof the gate D pass through this slot. The lower rail of the gate properis pivotally attached to the pivoted post 0 by means of a bolt, (1. Thegate D may be of any suitable construction, and the post A is providedon its inner side with a recess, a, with which a projecting pin willengage to hold the gate in a closed position.

E E refer to vertical posts which arelocated one on each'side of thepost A, the upper ends thereof being slotted, and through said slots theoperating-bars F F pass. The posts E E are provided at suitable pointswith notched brackets c, with which the pivotedcatches 6,

attached to the gate,will engage for holding the to a block orshortbar,which is piv- G refers otally attached to the upper side of theblock B, on one side of the pivoted post 0. To the outer end of thisblock G the operating-bars F F are pivotally attached, and to theforward end of the same a staple, g, is secured, with which a bar, H,engages, said bar being also attached to the forward end of the gate D.

To open my improved gate,the operation is as follows: By drawing uponthe handle of one of the bars F the pivoted block G will be swung to oneside, thereby raising or elevating the front end of the gate, so as tocause the same to swing toward the opposite post, when the latch 6 willengage. with the notched bracket, so as to hold the gate open. It willbe noted that when the bar or block G is thrown off the center theforward end of the gate will be elevated and the upper part will betilted, so as to incline through the slot 0 in the pivoted post 0, thusthrowing the gate off the center, so that it will swing to one side.After the gate has swung a little less than a quarter of a circlethe'outer end will fall, the momentum carrying the gate against thepost, where it is held by the latch e.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to pivot a swinging gate at itslower end to a pivoted post, so that the front end of the gate can beelevated; also, that wires have been attached to the latch of the gateand to the supporting-posts, as shown in the patent of J. G. Sherman,dated November 7, 1876, and I do not, therefore, claim what is showntherein as my invention, but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a swinging gate, the combination of the suitably-supported pivotedpost 0, said post being provided with a vertical slot and abolt forattaching a gate thereto, a block, G, pivotally attached to a suitablesupport and provided at its forward end with a bar, H, which is attachedto the front end of the gate, and 0p erating-bars F F, attached to therear end of said block, the parts being organized substantially asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a swinging gate, of a post, A, having ahorizontally-projecting block,B, rigidly secured thereto, thepivotallysupported post 0, having a gate attached thereto, block G,connected to the forward end of the gate by a bar, H, and operating-barsF, substantially as shown,and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a swinging gate, of a pivoted supporting-bar, C,having a central slot, a gate pivotally attached thereto at its lowerend by means of a bolt, (1, as shown, a pivoted block, G, attached aboveand to one side of the pivoted post 0, said block being connected at itsforward end to the gate by bar H, and operating-barsF F, attached to therear portion of the block G, the parts being combined substantially asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a swinging gate, the combination of a vertical post, A, having ahorizontally-projecting block, 13, attached thereto, a pivoted post, 3,having bearings in the block 13, and a support, 0, said post 0 having avertical slot,

0, within which the gate is pivoted atits lower end, so that its frontend may be elevated, a pivoted block, G, attached to the upper side ofthe block 13 eccentrically with respect to the pivots of the post 0, abar, I-I, attached to the front end thereof and to the front end of thegate, and operating-bars F F, pivoted to the rear end of the block G,and supportingposts E therefor, the parts being organized so that bypushing upon the handle-bar the block G will turn upon its pivot andelevate the front end of the gate, so that it will swing open,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence 01' two witnesses.

JAMES L. TALSOX.

\Vitnesses:

E. V. TisLow, WILLIAM E. McHUon.

